Latin America Digital TV News

Venezuela Pay TV subscriptions reach 2.2 million in 2Q10
Aug 24, 2010 – According to statistics published by CONATEL, pay TV subscriptions in Venezuela at the end of the second quarter of 2010 were 2.21 million, up from 2.01 million at the end of the same period of 2009. Household penetration reached 32.39%.
News categories: CONATEL, Market Research, Subscribers, Venezuela

Venezuela develops prototype DTT set-top box
Aug 24, 2010 – Venezuela's Centro Nacional de Desarrollo e Investigación en Telecomunicaciones (CENDIT) has developed an ISDB-Tb set-top box prototype for the country's move to digital terrestrial television broadcasting.
News categories: CENDIT, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Venezuela

Broadcom announces ISDB-T product family for South America
Aug 23, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced high definition systems-on-a-chip with integrated ISDB-T tuners and demodulators, designed specifically to support South America's transition to digital TV programming.
News categories: Broadcom, TQTVD, Brazil, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Middleware, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Minerva Passes 200 IPTV Deployment Milestone
Aug 23, 2010 – Recent wins including Craw-Kan Telephone Cooperative and Swiftel Communications in North America, ICE in Costa Rica, PCCTV in Cambodia, and Palm Hills Development in the Middle East have increased the total number of Minerva's worldwide IPTV deployments to over two hundred (200).
News categories: Minerva Networks, Cambodia, Costa Rica, IPTV, Market Research, Middle-East, USA

Cisco Works With NET to Expand Presence in the Brazilian Video Market
Aug 19, 2010 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced an agreement to expand its set-top box presence in the Brazilian video market working with Net Serviços (BM&FBOVESPA: NETC3, NETC4; Nasdaq: NETC; Latibex: XNET), the largest cable service provider in Latin America.
News categories: Cisco Systems, NET Serviços, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box

Nicaragua favouring ISDB-T for DTT
Aug 17, 2010 – According to a statement from the Instituto Nicaragüese de Telecomunicaciones y Correos (Telcor), Nicaragua looks likely to adopt the Brazilian standard for digital terrestrial television if negotiations are successfully concluded with Brazil.
News categories: Instituto Nicaragüese de Telecomunicaciones y Correos, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Nicaragua, SBTVD, Terrestrial

Supercanal and CableHOGAR adopt Conax CA in Argentina
Aug 13, 2010 – Supercanal is using DVB-C to continue the expansion of its cable TV network in Argentina, with conditional access coming from Conax and set-top boxes from Grandvision.
News categories: Conax, Supercanal, CableHOGAR, Argentina, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Set Top Box

Siano Launches Receiver Chip for Latin America's Mobile TV Market
Aug 11, 2010 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of a new product, targeting the emerging mobile TV market in the Latin America. The SMS2130 supports the ISDB-T mobile technology, also known as ISDB-T '1-Seg'.
News categories: Siano Mobile, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

Trident Unveils New Digital Televisions From AOC for the Brazil Market
Aug 11, 2010 – At the ABTA Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Trident Microsystems (NASDAQ: TRID) announced that Trident's HiDTV™ PRO-SX solution has been selected by AOC to power four new AOC digital TV models (the D26W931, D32W931, LC32W053 and LC42H053.)
News categories: Trident Micro, AOC, Brazil, Digital TV, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial